I’m mixing and matching some Olivia Wilde stories here. She’s really going crazy promoting her direct-to-internet movie, Drinking Buddies, like VOD is going out of style. Which it very well may be. Olivia is also promoting Rush, but that movie is more about the Hemsworth and the Bruhl. Yet Olivia will do a lot in the interest of promotion like sit down for a Reddit AMA, so let’s discuss her latest efforts. First up, Olivia covers the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar Spain. The shoot is a strange combination of “meh” and “bizarre.” That is, the photos of her doing nothing out of the ordinary are rather boring. Then things get weird when Livvy poses alongside a cactus and starts doing faux-ninja kicks while “taking a walk [on the Wilde side].” This is kind of a lazy editorial, but Olivia seems to have thrown herself into the fray with gusto. I can admire that attitude.

Olivia has also done an interview with Food & Wine magazine because I think Drinking Buddies producers are hoping to score with the mag’s demo. So Olivia gushes on for quite awhile about all of the fattening foods that she eats on a regular basis. Bitch please, we’ve seen your bikini bod, right? Let’s see if we believe her:

Deep-fried PB&J: “Now I’m ruined. I’m gonna turn into Marlon Brando. I had it at the Malibu Inn, which is a great music venue and bar right on the Pacific Coast Highway. My fiancé ordered the deep-fried PB&J–they use waffle batter, so it’s not too bready. The way the peanut butter and jelly melt together is far better than I could have imagined. It’s pretty much the ultimate stoner food.”

Beer: “Even though I’m Irish and I love Guinness, dark, dark, dark beers aren’t usually my thing. I like a good, aromatic IPA. Now I have become a total beer snob. I’m the annoying person who takes forever in the beer aisle at Whole Foods, because I’m standing there going, ‘Hmm. I’m not sure. I’m not sure if that’s a good selection. Do you have anything in the back? Is this local? I’ve never heard of this one. How hoppy is this?’ And other people are just like, ‘Please, move on.’”

Wine: “Oh yeah, I’m a wino. I won’t say there’s one grape I like best, though, because I do like blends. Do you know The Prisoner? That’s a blend of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. That’s just a fabulous wine. But my favorite wine of all time is a Napa Valley Cabernet called Scarecrow. It’s mailing-list only, so it’s hard to find, but if you ever see a bottle of Scarecrow, get it.”

Pasta: “I have recently fallen in love with an Italian restaurant downtown called Carbone. I’ve always found sea urchin to be too fishy, but at Carbone, they serve a sea urchin dish that is incredible. It’s just garlicky and buttery and amazing. They also make the best linguine vongole I’ve ever had. For me, my number one comfort food–the food that really feels like a hug on the inside–is pasta. Probably a fresh linguine with arrabbiata sauce would be my top pick. Maybe I’d have some bread on the side, with some cheese or olive oil, too. I guess I crave the basic, carby things that we’re not supposed to eat.”

Do you think that Olivia is merely joking about eating all this decadent food on a regular basis? Just like she joked about all that sex stuff with Jason Sudeikis? Who knows. Maybe she just has a fast metabolism. Why did I say that? It’s like I’m trying to dislike Olivia when (secretly), I’m warming up to her at an alarming rate.

I still find this photoshoot to be rather perplexing. Some of the shots are quite lovely, and then others look like Olivia is trying to be a sexy Terminator.

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She doesnt say she eats any of this ALL the time. Maybe she is on a diet for 2 weeks straight and this is how she unwinds every other weekend – with a massive pasta party and some wine. But she does come across as a bit of a snob. \

As for this editorial – at least it’s fun, different, and she’s game. But that black dress is all kinds of wrong.

Agreed. I was ready to eyeroll but it doesn’t seem like she’s saying she eats this all the time. I work out all week and then I have one meal where I eat what I want. Maybe she is the same way. It’s good to give in to your pasta desires every once and a while.

Yeah, I have a thin thin thin friend who eats nothing but garbage when I’m with her. It’s only after spending an extended length of time with her that I realized she just doesn’t eat. She skips meals. She forgets to eat. Eating pasta and peanut butter three times a week and nothing much the rest of the time will do it.

[No judgement. Thinking of my friend, at least. She just doesn't think about food. It's a chore, not a pleasure for her. The flip side is that she doesn't get joy from food the way that I do, either. And I'm carrying the extra 40 lbs to prove it!]

Yes ITA. And just bc there is an obesity problem in our country does not mean that everybody overeats or overindulges or that everybody struggles not to. I’m glad ppl aren’t tearing her apart here for saying that.

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I feel like you might know this. When she was going through her divorce she claimed she was so stressed she broke her vegan(?) lifestyle and ate cheese. I think she said something along the lines of “Give me some damn cheese!” or close to it. In even earlier interviews when she was only Quasi famous (and blonde) she was rumored to only take in 1000 cals if that. So this whole thing makes sense. She’s playing it up unnecessarily just like she did her sex life.

She does look healthier than she use to. I’ll give her that. But I won’t like her because of not gushing about her sex life. That’s too simple and really lowers the bar.

I don’t mind Olivia Wilde. I just googled her and she comes from quite an amazing family, lots of high achieving men and women. However, I don’t find her particularly charismatic. She and Jason make a cute couple.

Goodness I find her even more insufferable now. Her wiki page lists everyone’s accomplishments as well as the fact that Christopher hitchens babysat her. I mean it’s one thing to say it but she’s listing her ancestry so far back it’s ridiculous. I just…wow.

I just don’t like her. She’s only mildly talented and only nominally pretty yet she parades around like the cock of the walk. A typical entitled child from a well-do-family who thinks everything is for her even when she hasn’t earned it.

She sure gets a lot of attention for someone with a kind of mediocre career. She’s in a lot of stuff, but no real break out role, right?

While she’s not saying she eats it all the time, she’s definitely trying to portray an image that probably isn’t so close to the truth. This is the kind of talk that bugs me vs. someone like Pink who is honest about the hard work it takes to look the way she does.

Could not agree more. All these starlets love to talk up food like that so they can show how “normal” they are and show how much they splurge. It could not be more unbelievable in her case. I remember pre-House and right when she started on House I thought she was so cute. Then a couple seasons in and she became a complete BOBBLEHEAD! It was incredibly noticeable because I was binge watching later seasons and, seriously, she looked emaciated in a lot of those episodes.

Plus, Olivia has a real problem with exaggerating her life, giving personal details just to self-aggrandize, an then later either re-canting or admitting she was dramatizing. Bottom line: she LOVES to talk about herself and will come up with anything she can think of because in reality she’s a total snooze.

I feel like Hollywood is trying to make her happen as the next “it” gal and maybe just me, but I’m not feeling it. She’s the most forgetable part in every movies she’s in (I can never even remember what stuff she has been in ). I feel like she gets casts in these sidekick-G-forgettable roles, because she likely comes cheaper than other actresses. Yes she’s pretty, but she’s blank to me, not interesting whatsover.

But also there are those of us who can get away with regular binges. I know someone will accuse me of showing off but I have never had to watch my diet. I could (and have) live on pita bread and cheese and barely put anything on. I kept hearing that once I clocked thirty, my metabolism would cave in, still hasnt happened. Our bodies are different is my point.

Mindy, we are on the same boat. Most of my family is extremely thin. It’s only after I was put on medication for a chronic illness that I gained 10 pounds and I’m under 109 now. I try really really hard to not lose weight. I respect everyone who watches what they eat and exercise accordingly to maintain what they think it’s a healthy weight.

Sometimes people have really fast metabolism and/or don’t gain wait easily, some people have to work hard for it. There’s no shame or problem in admitting either.

Straight to VOD is not exactly the same thing as straight to DVD, Bedhead. Many smaller, independent films now get sent to VOD because, like Drinking Buddies, they only get limited release in theaters and VOD is a good way to allow more people to see movies that may not be playing near them.

Why is it so hard to beileve she eats any of these things (per the post’s title). She probably works out. Some people are thin and have great genes and really can and do eat a lot and don’t gain weight.

don’t understand the hate she gets. she seems down to earth and very self aware. she just seems like the type of gal you want to grab a beer with. btw, yes, drinking buddies was great and she was great in it. you know, the whole movie is improv…really gives it a realistic feel. the awkward dialogue reminds me of how I interact with my friends.

Don’t forget she’s young,..isn’t she still in her 20′s? But I think the interview implies these are her comfort foods, stuff she enjoys, but doesn’t consume on a daily basis. I kind of want to hate her, but I think she would actually be pretty cool in person.

She is gorgeous. but I call BS on fried food an pasta diet. How old is she anyway? You CANNOT eat that way and have a body like that (past 28 tops). I suppose she doesn’t work out either, eh? Puh-lease.

I don’t like her, but I think her comments were pretty normal. People who are in shape can and should have splurges if they want. I also like her body; she’s thin but not unhealthy-looking. She seems to have the confidence not bow to hollywood pressure to be skeletal regardless of your natural figure.

How are people taking “This is all I eat” from these answers? It’s a list of food and wine she likes in a magazine about food and wine. If she said “I don’t like any of this stuff!” then the interview would be moot.

I was actually enjoying the piece until she started talking about the Scarecrow/mailing list only wine.she is always like this! Careening all over the place in interviews because she wants to identify with absolutely every freakin body. She wants to be the sexpot ingenue hipster nerdbait art snob junior league gamer fangirl. She exhausts me.

That’s a weird damn photo shoot but I give them props for trying something different. As for eating/drinking…she is young and in shape and I’m sure she can still get away with eating what she wants. Enjoy while it lasts! as for the Napa comment…everyone who talks about Napa makes me roll my eyes since I grew up over the hill from what was then a “Podunk” town. Now everyone overpays for wine/food/spa just because its Napa.

I could have SWORN she was a vegan. I mean, it’s possible she was at one point and has changed her diet now but I remember reading her Twitter years ago and she was very vocal about that. Or maybe I dreamt that.

Her’s is the body I’m working towards. I absolutely love it. Her tho not so much lol.
Wish celebs would be more honest with what they actually do eat and exercise and products they use. Not BS like this. Sounds like how we ate when we were 14 @ a sleepover. Lol. She probably “tastes” those things once a blue moon.

These ppl know their schedules months in advance. they know when they can afford to eat these kinds of calories and still have time to tone down for cameras or premiers.

It’s noticeble only in pap shots. Jeans look a little tighter, they look softer and slightly bloated. I’ve noticed it with runway models sometimes. Only Gisele looks perfect. She should walk around in a paper bag, the bitch.

Everyone else in Hollywood has to work for it. The farther away from runway model body, the harder the work. And models work pretty damn hard to keep their bodies looking a certain way so just imagine what Hollywood has to do.

i used to think actresses who said this stuff were full of sh!t but two years ago I started working with a woman (my now work bestie) who is even fitter then Olivia and boy can she eat. she has even out eaten our very pregnant receptionist (huge club sandwich and hot chips). she works out every day- an hour run each day plus half hour boot camp three times a week and two games of netball a week. she follows an 80/20 rule- 80% healthy 20% whatever she wants. she is a size 6 Australian which I think in US sizing is a 2

not one beautiful woman wants to claim the paltrow diet; that skinny white girl is an hater magnet for not eating preservatives and not letting her kids eat mikky D.
what’s wrong with resisting the crap of the world? I have self control most of the time, because I refuse to pay for poison. That makes me an elitist b*tch?

so here we have the lying celebrity so she doesn’t get snubbed by the cool kid’s table at paparazzi high school

Olivia’s PR team have told her to say this stuff to fit the demographic of the magazine. Don’t get too hung up about it. If she was doing an article for “Women’s Fitness” she’d be talking about clean eating etc etc.

Good on her for being an actress. Just not interested in reading about her. Boring. Normal. Zzzzz.